Thermal conductivity detector for gas-chromatography: acquisition system and experimental measurements

Data di pubblicazione: 13 Mag 2012

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The aim of this paper is to present an acquisition system and experimental measurements of a new micromachined Thermal Conductivity Detector (μTCD), applied downstream of a gas-chromatography (GC) system. We describe a simple and innovative electronics for sensor control and data acquisition, outlining its resistance control, native imbalance compensation and automatic gain control (AGC) algorithm. Measurements and sensitivity tests have been carried out by connecting our TCD and acquisition system downstream of the microfluidic section and GC column of a commercial GC system. Comparing the results with those of a complete commercial GC system we observed a similar response and noise. Sensitivity measurements on toluene masses gave very good results, having observed a sensitivity of 15.2±0.6 μVs/ng. This high sensitivity will enable the use of the μTCD in many portable applications like …

Editore
IEEE
Fonte
2012 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Proceedings
ID archivio
32e62770f4d028e81e7b460359d908d0
Riferimenti
Pages: 1226-1230